Health

The future of fertility, from artificial wombs to AI-assisted IVF

A look back at the history of infertility treatments and ahead to the tech that could change everything we thought we knew about reproduction.

Kristin Houser

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Drugs

The exciting research that may cure Parkinson’s

GeneCode is developing a drug it hopes won’t just alleviate Parkinson’s symptoms but also protect and restore patient’s neural health.

Kevin Dickinson

A child sitting on a couch in a dimly lit room, holding and looking intently at a tablet, as if testing the Goldilocks hypothesis for the perfect screen brightness.

Mental Health

Beyond screen time: Rethinking kids’ tech use with the “Goldilocks hypothesis”

The “Goldilocks hypothesis” asks parents to think beyond screen time and consider the habits that teens build around technology use.

Kevin Dickinson

Medicine

$3.5 million treatment for hemophilia wins FDA approval

The FDA has approved biotech company CSL Behring's Hemgenix, a hemophilia B treatment that costs $3.5 million per dose.

Kristin Houser

Neuroscience

How you breathe affects your brain

A psychiatrist and neuroscientists investigate how breathing affect the brain and biological markers of stress and immune function.

Greg Miller | Knowable Magazine

Neuroscience

Electrically stimulating the brain helps stop binge eating

Two people with binge eating disorder reported that deep brain stimulation helped them control their eating and lose weight in a small study.

Kristin Houser

Sports

When is the best time to exercise?

Though morning workouts may be optimal for circadian rhythms, afternoon exercise tends to be slightly more efficient.

Ross Pomeroy

CRISPR

New CRISPR cancer treatment tested in humans for first time

A new personalized CRISPR cancer treatment modifies the immune system's T cells to help them recognize a specific patient's tumor cells.

Kristin Houser

Neuroscience

Good and bad memories are stored in different neurons, study finds

Positive and negative memories are stored in different parts of the brain, raising the possibility of therapeutic memory manipulation.

Peter Rogers

Drugs

New fentanyl vaccine could help avoid relapses and overdoses

An in-development fentanyl vaccine that prevents the drug from entering the brain could one day help people avoid relapsing or overdosing.

Kristin Houser

Medicine

Injectable gel repairs severe spinal cord injuries and enables mice to walk

An injectable gel that prevents scar formation and stimulates regeneration successfully repaired severe spinal cord injuries in mice.

Peter Rogers

Mental Health

Study finds mindfulness as effective as medication for anxiety

An intensive form of mindfulness was found as effective as Lexapro in treating anxiety in adults in the first head-to-head comparative study.

B. David Zarley

Virology

Moderna to develop mRNA vaccines for Ebola

Moderna is reportedly nearing a deal with the DoD to develop mRNA vaccines for biological threats like Ebola

B. David Zarley

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